Add one more to my Korean age!
What’s going on with the Korean studies?
Doing Anki in reverse, going from English to Korean has proved to be a little more challenging than Korean to English. I have to say its a little less fun too. I feel like I’m working my brain trying to remember the various ways that the sentence could be said in Korean. “Should I say it more politely, more formally, and should I use this verb or that verb because either one will work.” In the end I just think of two or three ways of saying it in Korean and if one of those ways is correct than I’m good.
What’s on the Anki cards these days?
한 시간만 늦게 만나도 될까요? / Is it possible to meet an hour later?
수용일 약속을 금요일로 연기해도 괜찮겠습니까? / Is it okay to postpone Wednesday’s appointment till Friday?
장마철이라 후덥지근해요. / It’s hot and humid because it’s the rainy season.
Goals
I failed at the last two goals in 2010. My only goal this year is to build or maintain my vocabulary using Anki, have fun, and read books, backs of cereal boxes, signs etc.
(And secretly) I want to learn a rap song by MC Sniper, but this might take a while. It’s even fast for Koreans.
Observations
Something that I’ve noticed lately is that I can understand more signs in the subways and on streets. For so long I’ve just ignored reading ads with big blocks of text. My brain shut off. The other day though, while waiting for the train, I surprised myself by considering a 3 day 2 night package deal at a cool looking resort.
I told the taxi driver the other day “Please drop me off at the crosswalk over there.” Before that day, I just said ”Keep going please”, about five times.
My dialog in Korean with Lil’ Princess is a tad bit lengthier. The sentences reach four words and sometimes five words when I’m adventurous. She using longer sentences with me as well. But sometimes too long and I get lost, and have to ask, “What was that?” 그것 뻘서 말했찮아!
How to Make Anki Audio Cards Tutorial
I didn’t realize how much work it would take to make this thing. But, it’s coming along. I wrote the text and tried recording a few steps. I guess that’s what’s holding it up, the recording part. Ehh. I’ll get it done.
